PMC Scam: ED summons Sanjay Raut s wife for questioning on Dec 29
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Published: Sunday, December 27, 2020, 20:25 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 27: The ED has summoned Varsha Raut, wife of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut, for questioning in the PMC Bank money laundering case on December 29, officials said on Sunday.
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Varsha Raut has been asked to appear before the federal agency in Mumbai. This is the third summons issued to her after she skipped the earlier two on health grounds, they said.
The summons for questioning has been issued to her under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
: Sunday, December 27, 2020, 8:05 PM IST
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has on Sunday issued summons to Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut s wife, Varsha, to join investigation in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank scam case.
She has been asked to appear before the agency on December 29, a senior ED officer confirmed to
The Free Press Journal on Sunday.
Under the scanner of the agency are alleged transactions of Varsha Raut with the wife of an accused linked with the scam. There are several transactions. The total amount is yet to be ascertained, said a high ranking officer privy to the investigation.
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PMC bank fraud: Sanjay Raut s wife summoned for questioning by ED on Dec 29
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut s wife Varsha in connection with the PMC Bank fraud case. The probe agency has called Varsha for questioning on December 29.
Earlier, Varsha had skipped two summons on health grounds. Her questioning pertains to allegations of receipt of some funds that were allegedly siphoned from the bank.Â
In October last year, the agency had filed a PMLA case to probe the alleged loan fraud in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank in October last year against the Housing Development Infrastructure Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL), its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan and his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former chairman Waryam Singh and ex-managing director Joy Thomas.Â
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Mumbai: In a major action, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s wife Varsha Raut for questioning in connection with the PMC Bank fraud case, officials said Sunday.
A senior ED official wishing not to be named told IANS: “We have asked Varsha Raut to appear before the agency December 29 in connection with the case.”
The official said that she has been asked to appear at its Mumbai office.
The official said that earlier, the financial probe agency has summoned her to appear December 11, but she did not turn up.
The ED registered a case of money laundering against Housing Development Infrastructure Ltd (HDIL) promoter Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan, his son Sarang Wadhawan, Waryam Singh and Joy Thomas, the then Chairman and Managing Director of PMC Bank Ltd, respectively and others on the basis of an FIR registered by the Mumbai Police’s Economic Offences Wing in September last year.